(j3.2006) (SC22WG5.4644) [ukfortran] Part 2 of the standard

[N.M. Maclaren]

On Mar 14 2012, David Muxworthy wrote:
>On 14 Mar 2012, Bill Long wrote:
>
>> I agree with Nick's comment that the focus of John's task was to 
>> determine whether additional intrinsics should be considered for Part 1.
>
> If you say so. My understanding was that the whole thrust of the 
> discussion was to find a reason to withdraw part 2, so that's what went 
> into the minutes and resolutions. Given the relative priorities of 
> current projects and given the SC22 decision made since the Garching 
> meeting, WG5 could put this one on the back burner.

The thrust, yes, but not the whole of it.  All right, this was a hobby-
horse of mine, but we did agree to consider adding new intrinsics if
that made the withdrawal significantly less difficult for any users of
part 2.  If John has done the work, we should consider his experience,
and either put a minor work item on the back burner, or say definitely
that no action is needed and kill the matter dead.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.